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Digg Crowns Former Amazon Exec New CEO

Digg has confirmed that it has hired Matt Williams from Amazon to replace Kevin Rose as CEO. Rose says that he will "remain actively involved in the product" but is handing over "day-to-day running of the business" to Williams.

At Amazon, Williams held various director-level and higher positions since 1999. Most recently, he was the company's General Manager, Consumer Payments.

In addition to naming a new chief executive officer, the company also announced today a series of fixes and upgrades, welcome news to users of the massively overhauled New Digg product. Many users have openly revolted against the latest version of the social news site, using rival site reddit as a tool to demonstrate their displeasure.

Fixes include improved algorithms and overall stability, the addition of timestamps, comment upvoting and more. Rose says other changes — such as a "Top News" default page, upcoming stories and user recommendations — will be coming shortly.

We look forward to seeing what Williams will do for the six-year-old company. Do you think the new CEO of Digg has the chops to lead the site to continued and revived greatness?

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